Avatar: The Last Airbender Toph Actress Wore Contacts That Completely Blocked Her Vision on Set

Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender utilized contacts to simulate blindness for Toph's actress, Miya Cech.

When Netflix began processing Season 2 of its live-action mentation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, a batch of fans were wondering however they'd grip the casting of Toph. The quality is beloved by fans, but she besides has a unsocial trait: she's a unsighted earthbender. Some fans hoped that the amusement would formed a unsighted histrion to authentically play Toph. Actress Cech isn't blind, but she worked hard with the squad to effort to simulate blindness.

The histrion wore contacts that restricted her imaginativeness connected set, and worked with Joe Strechay, the blindness advisor for the series, to marque definite that they could represent Toph arsenic truthfully arsenic possible. The histrion noted that learning however to play a unsighted quality was 1 of the biggest concerns she had erstwhile approaching the role, but with the assistance of her chap formed and Strechay, the squad was capable to bring Toph to beingness by making Cech look assured arsenic a unsighted idiosyncratic who is capable to spot successful her ain unsocial way.

The formed would assistance usher Cech by letting her cognize what was successful the situation astir her, portion Strechay helped stress the value of portraying Toph arsenic idiosyncratic who tin effortlessly determination done the satellite and combat without looking. The advisor compared it to doing a no-look walk successful basketball, arsenic Toph is an experienced earthbender who sees the satellite otherwise from the remainder of us.

"Learning however to represent a afloat unsighted quality was 1 of the biggest insecurities I had astir this role," Cech said successful the exclusive clip, above. "All of my formed mates person been ace helpful, telling maine wherever things are successful narration to me. That mode I'm not going done the country looking similar I can't see, due to the fact that Toph tin spot successful her ain unsocial way."

Ultimately, it looks similar they nailed Toph arsenic a quality successful the caller season. She seems to beryllium witty, badass, and confident. Although Season 2 is coming retired aboriginal this month, Toph is besides expected to instrumentality for the show's 3rd season, which is successful progressive development. The 3rd season, similar the archetypal series, volition beryllium the last season.

IGN gave the archetypal play a 7/10, noting that it "enriches the archetypal communicative with meaningful caller material, but its breakneck pacing, exposition-heavy dialogue, and hit-or-miss effects aren’t precisely successful balance."

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